Chicago – A vital and obscure piece of Brazilian history is exposed in the new film “Vazante,’ directed by Daniela Thomas, and is the latest film to be distributed by Music Box Films of Chicago. “Vazante” is now playing at the Music Box Theatre through February 8th, 2018. For more information, click here.
The film is a stark-but-cinematic (in black and white) treatment of a difficult subject in Brazil’s history… the trading and keeping of African slaves. In 1821, a trader named Antonio (Adriano Carvalho) comes back to his remote plantation to discover his wife has died in labor. Left with his mother-in-law and slaves to care for, he takes as his new wife 12-year-old Beatriz (Luana Nastas), the daughter of his deceased wife’s brother. As he slowly begins his trade business again, his new bride is more interested in the slave community – and a boy (Vinicius Dos Anjos as Virgilio...
The film is a stark-but-cinematic (in black and white) treatment of a difficult subject in Brazil’s history… the trading and keeping of African slaves. In 1821, a trader named Antonio (Adriano Carvalho) comes back to his remote plantation to discover his wife has died in labor. Left with his mother-in-law and slaves to care for, he takes as his new wife 12-year-old Beatriz (Luana Nastas), the daughter of his deceased wife’s brother. As he slowly begins his trade business again, his new bride is more interested in the slave community – and a boy (Vinicius Dos Anjos as Virgilio...
- 2/5/2018
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
One of 2018’s most anticipated films is director Lucrecia Martel’s return to the big screen, Zama. A brilliant film about a myriad of things from class to colonialism, Martel’s picture is one of great cinematic experimentation, a period piece of expert craftsmanship and deep thematic resonance. And many of these same things can be said for a film very much in conversation (albeit coincidental) with it and Martel’s work broadly, Daniela Thomas’ Vazante.
After years of working in shorts and alongside director Walter Salles, Thomas marks her feature directorial debut with this breathtaking piece of filmmaking, a widescreen period piece shot in contrast-heavy black and white and with some top tier performances at her disposal. Vazante tells the story of Antonio, a trader in 1820’s Brazil who returns home to discover that his wife lost her life while giving birth. This sends Antonio’s life into a spiral,...
After years of working in shorts and alongside director Walter Salles, Thomas marks her feature directorial debut with this breathtaking piece of filmmaking, a widescreen period piece shot in contrast-heavy black and white and with some top tier performances at her disposal. Vazante tells the story of Antonio, a trader in 1820’s Brazil who returns home to discover that his wife lost her life while giving birth. This sends Antonio’s life into a spiral,...
- 1/12/2018
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
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